Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-05-13
dwelling of the Garfield Statue at
the National Capital Yester-
day Afternoon.
Distinguished Statesmen, Soldiers
and Ladies of the Nation in
the Procession,
A Description of the Magnificent
Tribute Of the Society of
the Cumberland.
Remarks by the President.


WASHINGTON, May lathe statue of
President Garfield was unveiled here to-
day under the auspices Of the society of
the Cumberland. The procession, which
moved at 11SO, was under charge of Gen.
eral Baird, and Generals Sherman, Sheri.
dan and Rosecrans occupied carriages.
President and Mrs. Cleveland and Sculptor
Ward occupied seats on the grand stand.
The president, In concluding brief speech
accepting the statue said:
If from this hour our admiration for the
bravery and nobility of American man
hood and our faith in the possibilities and
opportunities of American citizenship be
renewed; if our appreciation of the bless
ernment be strengthened; and if our
watchfulness against the dangers of a mad
chase after partisan SpOllS be Quickened.
the dedication of this Statue to tie people
of the United States will not be in vain.
The statue, which is bronze, is the de-
sign Of the sculptor. J. @. A. Ward, who
also designed the equestrian statue of Gen.
eral Thomas, in this city. 1t is ten feet,
six inches in height and represents Garfield
facing the west, in the act of delivering an
address, with his right hand resting on a
column and manuscript held in his left.
The pose of the figure is easy and uncon-
ventlOnal. The recumbent ideal figures at
each corner of the triangular pedestal rep
resent the student, the warrior and the
statesman, typifying the three epochs in
General Garfield's career. The bronze ta-
BILE above the figures bear globe, trum-
pet and sword, and laurel wreath, en-
closing the scales of justice. The inscrip-
tions of the shaft are placed upon the
three sides, as follows:
Southwest face-"James A. Garfield,
1881 1881"
On the southeast face-"Majo ajor-genera U.
5. "; member OF congress-; senator and
president OF the U. S. of A.
On the north face-"Erected by his COM
rades of the Society Of the Army Of the
Cumberland, May IL, 1887"
TIE erection of the statue was authorized
at meeting of the society at Chattanooga,
IN 1884, and nine members were appointed
to select design and superintend the con.
| struction. The committee this morning
paid over to the sculptor, Mr.. Ward, $780,
749 in full settlement of his claim.
To the Memory of General sedgwick.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, May 12-The Wis
iting members of the Sixth army corps
went from here this morning to Spottsyl-
vania court house to dedicate the tablet to
the memory of the late General Sedgwick.
At the battlefield they were welcomed and
warmly greeted by large gathering of
Virginians including many ex-confeder-
ates. The opening address was delivered
by Gen. H. G. Wright. A letter Of regret
from President Cleveland thus concludes:
Elaborate shafts of marble fittingly re.
mind us of our soldier dead and of their
bravery and patriotism, but the touching
service your association contemplates shall
chasten our thoughts Of them by pointing
out on the sacred ground the spot where
blood was bravely Shed and life patriotic
ally offered up.